The landlord accepted partial rent for a year and is going to have to explain to a judge or court why he allowed you to stay and made no attempt to evict.

Now over the past 60 years since WWII there have been a lot of progressive policies and changes and attempts at addressing it. 

I would do my best to find a local bank that will not attempt to sell off the mortgage to Fannie or Freddie.  

My observation from being close to some of these individuals is that there are two main reasons why they often don't invest with other investment managers:1-they don't know them (trust)2-they don't like/know about their track record (competence)Since my current track record in producing returns through RE investing is non-existent, the only currency that I have going for me is my character.

In periods of high volatility, attempt to sit on your hands and pray your manager doesn't ask you to relocate!

I'm assuming I should have some buyers in mind before even attempting to sign a contract with a seller; am I accurate?

There are legal issues in Calif when attempting this approach.

, do not attempt to do this flip yourself.

However, the Courts ruled that the State's attempt to do so was unconstitutional.

I am not happy at all because the property was nice and am investigation option to hire a lawyer to attempt going after the tenants to seek compensation for the damages.